The skilful 23-year-old shot to prominence last year with a series of outstanding performances which guided Shakhtar to the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time in the club's history.

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Chelsea will start the rebuilding of their squad in the summer by completing a deal for Shakhtar Donetsk star Willian

According the news, Shakhtar Donetsk are willing to have an offer between £20m-25m to seal the deal but doesn't seem to me very reasonable. With few extras, AVB rather push for signing Hazard even though the deal of Willian feels to me happening soon.

Chelsea are likely to face strong competition from AC Milan for the signature of Shakhtar Donetsk star Willian in the summer transfer window. Reports in Italy suggest AC Milan will also make a big-money bid for the 23-year-old.

And agent Paulo Affonso is confident there will be other suitors for his client. He told Calciomercatoweb he could not name the teams interested in Willian, but said: 'There are three English, two Spanish and three or four Italian clubs following him.'

Affonso added that he did not think Shakhtar would enforce the £29million buyout clause in the player's contract.

Seems like he's now in interest of top teams of Europe, still the price tag is too high for him. It'll be interesting how the teams bid on him in next transfer window.

Chelsea are reviving their bid for Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Willian.

Chelsea made an attempt for the 23 year-old Brazilian in January, but were frightened off by Shakhtar's asking price. Sky Italia says Blues owner Roman Abramovich offered €20 million, but the bid was thrown out by Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu.

Willian's father was recently in London to meet with agents and discuss the prospect of moving to England. Chelsea was on the agenda, but also other Premier League clubs.

However, it's understood for the moment Willian favours a move to Stamford Bridge in the summer.

With so many new links of chelsea, I think he'll not get pass off this price tag barrier at the end.

Huge asking price for an undoubtedly very talented player. AVB was after him when he was coach at Chelski, wouldn't be too surprised if the deal was to happen though as Chelsea look to younger their squad quite significantly.

After Shakhtar Donetsk signed Taison, Ukrainian club trainer Mircea Lucescu stated Brazilian international winger Willian Borges da Silva (24) hasn't come back from his home country yet, and he's putting pressure on the club for being released on a full basis. As referred by the player himself, he's willing to join a main European league; both Chelsea and Juventus, with English club having got the lead, are preparing to try signing him. His ownership is esteemed around 25 million euros.

Shakhtar Donetsk will consider selling Willian to Chelsea or Tottenham this month but they will demand about £20million for the Brazilian playmaker.

Willian is the star of the Shakhtar side who qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League at the expense of Chelsea but he remains keen on a move to the Premier League and Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu has expressed his displeasure with him for failing to return from Brazil on time for the club’s winter training camp.

Tottenham appeared poised to sign the Anzhi Makhachkala forward after he completed a medical, but Chelsea now appear to be in pole position for the deal.

"I think he's already made his decision," Mourinho said. The self-styled 'Special One' nodded in the affirmative when asked if that was Chelsea. He added: "I don't like to speak before time because football can be crazy. "I know what the player wants, so in this moment we cannot hide. That is a possibility."